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Comedy fans, including David Letterman, got a rare look at the unreleased documentary Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life at the 23rd annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival on Aug. 8. The screening of the film, which chronicled the comic’s beloved cornfield comedy shows during the pandemic, was followed by an even rarer audience talkback. Initially titled Dave Chappelle: This …

David Letterman harshly criticized his former network home CBS after it canceled Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. He called CBS and David Ellison’s Skydance company “goons” amid their impending merger. Letterman also speculated that Colbert’s Late Show was axed for political reasons. David Letterman, a former titan of late-night television, has come to the defense of his successor amid controversy surrounding …

David Letterman slammed “gutless” CBS over the “sad” cancellation of The Late Show — as well as his former employer’s cowering to the Trump administration amid the Skydance merger — in his first public comments since the network axed the late-night institution. Earlier this month, CBS announced that The Late Show — which Letterman brought to air in August 1993 …

Former “Late Show” host David Letterman joined his former executive producer Barbara Gaines to give his full unfiltered thoughts on CBS’ cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s iteration of the “Late Show.” “One day, if not today, the people at CBS who have manipulated and handled this are going to be embarrassed,” he said in a YouTube video published Friday. “This is …

Late-night television legend and original Late Show host David Letterman has finally spoken out about CBS’ decision to ax the show he created in 1993, describing the move as “pure cowardice.” Letterman spoke to his former producers Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay about the decision in a video posted to his YouTube channel on Friday, telling them, “I think one …

David Letterman unloaded on CBS and Skydance on Friday for cancelling “The Late Show,” which he launched 32 years ago, saying the network had mistreated his successor, Stephen Colbert. In an interview posted to his YouTube channel, Letterman said he does not buy the official explanation that the show was cancelled for financial reasons. “This is pure cowardice,” Letterman said. …

David Letterman has finally given his opinion on the cancelation of The Late Show – the franchise that he launched. “I don’t think it was money,” Letterman says on a video on the Letterman YouTube channel hosted by Barbara Gaines, who was previously an exec producer on The Late Show with David Letterman. “This is pure cowardice.” Joking that the …

Former Late Show host David Letterman has made his first direct comments about the cancellation of the CBS late-night franchise — and they aren’t positive. Speaking with his former executive producer, Barbara Gaines, in a YouTube video Friday, Letterman called the axing of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert “pure cowardice” and said he doesn’t believe the official line from CBS …

David Letterman has not officially gone on record reacting to CBS‘ shocking decision to cancel “The Late Show,” which Letterman started in 1993 and hosted for 22 years before passing the baton to Stephen Colbert, but his thoughts on the matter are quite clear thanks to a 20-minute supercut his team posted on the official Letterman YouTube channel. The clip …

More than 15 years ago, Joaquin Phoenix was responsible for one of the internet’s earliest viral moments when he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman in character. The Oscar winner recently recounted his “horrible” Feb. 11, 2009 appearance on the talk show, which came after he did the pre-interview in character for his Casey Affleck-helmed mockumentary I’m Still …